Essay On Invasive Species

Matt Piven goes on to say “The pythons unique hinged jaws allow it to swallow an object five times as wide as its own head.” In other words Piven means that it can easily swallow almost anything it pleases. This is significant because no one wants to die accidentally because of a pet. Pets are to be loving and caring and not like these killing machines.

Channa Argus, commonly known as the northern snakehead, is one of the many invasive species around the world. This species is a top level predator and was introduced to several American states in 2002, but its natural habitat is based in southern and eastern Asia. Northern snakeheads were transported to the waters of America by being sold from pet stores and live food fish markets, followed by being released into the wild. The northern snakehead fish threatens and competes for the native species’ resources and habitat.

Swizzling around the Everglades, the Burmese Python stretches to be one of the five biggest snake species in the world, and are captivated because of their beautiful color and pattern on their scales. Because of their beautiful scales and patterns they show, people captivate them as pets, but they end up releasing them into the wild. The presence of Burmese pythons is changing the Everglades. Not only can the appearance and outer look of the Burmese Python change the Everglades, but the general size and its natural survival ways also changing the Everglades. Burmese Pythons are the largest snakes in the world.

In the novel crooked letter crooked letter, Wallace raises Rattlesnakes as the pet. In the real world, rattlesnake representative death. Snakes bite many people, but it doesn 't mean the bite will lead to death. Only a few people will dead after snake bitten, which means some snakes have venom that can kill humans, but some don’t. rattlesnakes are the one of toxic snakes.

Phosphorus and mercury caused water pollution and negatively affected many animals and the ecosystem. Many panthers were found dead. We have to improve the water quality in the Everglades otherwise more animals are going to die. In 2000, US congress authorized the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) to restore the Everglades. The goal is to capture unused freshwater to places that need it.

David Andrews, Everglades National Park director states, “this program is what has paid for all of the pythons to be removed from the Everglades National Park area. Without the funding, the pythons would continue to over populate and decrease the mammal population even further. It would also allow the pythons to continue preying on the endangered species in the area until they could possibly become extinct.” Scientist are especially worried about the overpopulation of these snakes because of the diminishing population of animals. All of which led to the decrease of native trees, plants and fish-eating birds.

We need to protect the great hammerhead shark because it is being poached and there are only 9 Species of hammerhead shark . One reason great hammerhead sharks are endangered is because People are illegally fishing the great hammerhead shark and other species of sharks for a traditional soup called shark fin soup. When they catch these sharks they cut off the fins and throw them back in the water and they sink down to the bottom of

Wood turtles will almost always be found several inches from a stream because of the fact that they need the water to cool off. Although the wood turtle has to go into streams and rivers to cool off, it will also be found basking a lot of the time. After basking in the sun, the wood turtle’s body temperature is about 99° F.The male wood turtles are more aggressive than the female turtles are.

4. Habitat alteration: Removal and reduction of natural habitat by flooding, soil erosion and water

One example is that some animals can get a disease called zoochosis and it is shocking what zoos will do when trying to hide it. For instance, “As Dr Keith Lindsay, a biologist with more than 30 years of experience in elephant research and conservation, has said, these are symptoms of “pathological, stereotypical behaviour that is common with disturbed animals in captivity, but which is never seen in the wild”. There are also cases of animals being given antidepressants to hide their unhappiness from visitors. In 2015 Auckland Zoo euthanised a gibbon, Iwani, because he was “severely depressed” and the zoo admitted they could not meet his welfare needs. ”(An unnatural environment)This is significant because it shows that when zoos commit wrongs and take problems into their own hands it most often ends up worse.

They don’t belong in Florida, and they are taking over the Everglades. The presence of the invasive Burmese pythons, has a negative impact on the population of other animals in the Everglades. Burmese pythons have beautiful scales. They are also huge. Burmese pythons can grow up to twenty-three feet, and two hundred pounds.

These reptiles are causing problems due to displacing the native wildlife and throwing off the

Canada Goose goslings, for instance, have been injured or drowned by Mute Swans (Mute Swan: A Non-Native…2013). Movement of a species disrupts the ecological aspects of an area, but killing a species is very damaging to the biodiversity. Mute swans are also capable of inflicting great injury on humans and in a couple cases even death. In Des Plaines, a man drowned after being attacked by a mute swan.

How is the presence of Burmese pythons changing the Everglades? The Burmese python is a beautiful snake that can weigh up to 200 pounds and grow up to the length of 23 feet according to Piven 44. These snakes are native to Southeast Asia and ended up in the Everglades. These snakes mean no harm but due to irresponsible owners these snakes have adopted to the Everglades ecosystem.

The presence of Burmese pythons are changing the Everglades because they are forcing many humans to hunt the pythons and Burmese pythons are wiping out native species. The only solution to the Burmese python crisis is to convince people to go out and hunt them. “Python Challenge” is an advertisement that uses appealing phrases and prize money to convince many citizens to hunt and kill these pythons.